DOWNLOADING PESTS

PESTS is a series of GAUSS programs or R functions that can be used to estimate the state-space event count time series models
developed by Patrick Brandt and John T. Williams. We have written the main PESTS code to be accessible to advanced
GAUSS or R users, but also simple enough that novices and occasional users can install and run the software in a matter of minutes.

To install and use the software, you will need to go over the appropriate checklist for Gauss or R:

For the Gauss version:

1. You should have access to a current version of GAUSS, and GAUSS' MAXLIK module for maximum likelihood optimization.
2. Download a copy of the PESTS manual and go over the installation instructions in Section 2 of the manual.
3. Download and unpack the copy of PESTS. You should download the PESTS software into its own folder so you can keep its file separate during the installation process (we recommend C:\PESTS). The PESTS files will then have to be moved to the location specified in the manual (typically the SRC and LIBRARY directories of your GAUSS path).

Download GAUSS PESTS 1.0 in a ZIP Archive (with manual)

Download GAUSS PESTS 1.0 Manual (in Adobe Acrobat)

For the R version:

1. You should have a working version of R (for Windows/Linux/Mac) version >= 1.3.0
2. Download and review the R source code and examples on my R code page: http://www.psci.unt.edu/~brandt/codepage.html

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